Hammurabi Dbq Analysis

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Hammurabi’s Code Hammurabi’s Code was just, because it’s personal injury laws seemed fair in accordance to their justness. For example in Document E, law 209 basically says that if a man hits the daughter of a free man and causes her to lose her child to be, then he will have to pay the girl 10 shekels of silver. (Equal to 200 U.S dollars) This law is just to the victim (The woman), because she gets paid back money, for something that she will never get back, But it’s unjust to the victim, because she will never get her baby back, and will never be able to have kids ever again. This law is just to the accused man, because he knew that these were the consequences, because the laws were written in the middle of the city, but it’s unjust to the accused man, because he does have to pay a considerably large amount of money to the woman, for doing something that may or may not have been an accident. Overall, it is very rude to hit a woman like that, let alone hard enough to make her lose her child to be. …show more content…
This law is just to the victim (The slave), because he went through pain, and now the accused man has to go through it too, but it’s unjust to the victim, because now he has one less eye. This law is just to the accused man, because he is now equal to the slave, and he knew the laws that were written in public. It’s unjust to the accused man, because he now has one less eye, and it may or may not have been an accident. In conclusion, the laws in Hammurabi’s Code that refer to personal injury, are just, because are

Hammurabi Dbq Analysis

Another way Hammurabi has accidentally proved his laws unjust is in his property laws. Law 21 states that if a man is caught breaking into a house he will be hung in the hole he made or pierced until he dies (Doc D). This punishment seems too harsh to be carried out. The man could have broken into the house for reasons unknown to us. The people on the opposing side of this argument will tell you the laws were kept in the middle of the city, the man knew what the punishment was but we have to…

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Hammurabi Dbq Analysis

Hammurabi's code was just, the reason why it is just since hammurabi himself tells the reason saying “solving justice for everyday problems to protect the weak from the strong ”. He is showing justice here by telling people that the great and powerful to not over encumber the weak in the ranking system (document B). In Document C Law 148 shows” that if a woman had a caught of an disease the man can marry another wife if wanted but must take of wife”. In document C “if an son hits his father his…

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Hammurabi Dbq Analysis

another man’s you will pay the crime. Hammurabi keeps his law fair to the society by sentencing the accused, the man, to have his eye knocked out as a fair punishment. So if you are injured, you know the person who injures you will be given a punishment. This can give the society a sense of security and revenge. Another piece of Evidence is, in the document it states,” Hammurabi, the protecting king am I….That the strong might not injure the weak.” (Doc B). Hammurabi is stating that he…

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Hammurabi Code Dbq Analysis

Hammurabi's Code was Unjust Because... Did you know there were about 1,000,000 people that lived in Babylonia!.Hammurabi ruled for 42 years and had one of the most strict laws ever. Hammurabi was alive about 40 centuries ago. One law is so strict you might die if you do something wrong . Hammeriba is unjust because of his family laws and personal injury laws. Hammurabi's code was unjust because of personal injury laws. In law (Doc E) 199 says”If he has knocked out the eye of a slave…he shall pay…

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Hammurabi Code Dbq Analysis

The family law portion of “Hammurabi's code was unjust because in law 129 from the source of (Doc C) it says that “if a married lady is caught [in adultery] with another man, they shall bind them and cast them into the water”. One of the reasons this law is unjust is because it prevents the two citizens from having an equal right to a fair trial, but instead they have to work off of a he said/she said case. As a result even if the man and the woman had an affair they should have had a less consequential…

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